Chapter 77 As a fine female matchmaker chooses to farm (26)

   Carpenter Cen stopped stammering.

   "The princess said, the little one has never done it before, but you can try it."

"Okay, here are the blueprints. If you need anything, go to the housekeeper. By the way, last time I heard you said that your two sons have also learned carpentry? Do you want to take them over to help you? It doesn't matter if the carving is not exquisite, I need it Things are mainly practical, and generally don’t use carving.”

  The young man is quick in his hands and feet, but after all, he has never learned carpentry systematically. He can still learn the simple ones, but he can't learn the complicated ones for a while. Is it possible that the old carpenter is distracted to teach them?

  Teaching apprentices can't be accomplished overnight. She was in a hurry, and she didn't want to waste time on carpentry teaching.

  If possible, she even wants to form a carpentry team to assist her mechanical invention.

  But Nanban was too poor in the past, and it was not easy to make a living. Few people learned the craft.

  Carpenter Cen was hired from Furong County by the steward of the palace, and he can carve exquisitely.

  After the mansion was completed, the craftsmen sent by the palace returned to Beijing one after another. Thinking that the mansion needed a knowledgeable person to do daily maintenance, the housekeeper reported to the prince and kept the old carpenter.

  The salary is high, and Carpenter Cen is quite happy. Anyway, he is in his hometown in Furong County, and he will go to the county to do odd jobs when the farming is slack, and he doesn't have much time at home.

  Although the resident in Nanban will be homesick, the advantage is that the salary is high, and there are five hundred cash per month for food and housing. After saving for a year, it is enough to buy a small income for the family.

  Since the concubine came, she has been rewarded for doing things for her, and even married her grandson a while ago. Not only him, but the whole family is very satisfied.

   Didn't expect the princess to propose to let his two sons come here at this moment. This is to provoke the rhythm of his family!

   "Little one, I would like to thank the princess for her promotion!"

  Carpenter Cen was so moved that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

  Xu Yin: "..."

  This hat is too big, brother dei!

  She just wants to recruit a few more professionals to work for herself.

  Yan Kejin poured her a cup of tea, and slowly proposed:

   "Since we need to recruit people, we might as well recruit a few more. In the name of the palace, set up a carpentry workshop, with the needs of the palace as the first priority, and take orders from ordinary people in our spare time."

  Xu Yin stopped drinking tea.

   Carpentry workshop? Isn't this the professional carpentry team she wants? Great idea!

   Immediately gave Wang Ye a look of appreciation.

  Yan Kejin lowered his head to refill her tea, his lowered eyelids covered the star-like smile in his eyes.

  Is there another reward tonight?

King Jinnan was very efficient in his work. He decided to open a carpentry workshop at noon, and in the afternoon, he asked someone to choose a good location. It is also very convenient to transport.

  Xu Yin never expected that the carpentry workshop would be the first to be set up.

   But thinking about it carefully, this workshop is really necessary.

  Whether it is a large juicer needed by a sugar mill, or a spinning machine and a weaving machine needed by a textile mill in the future, it needs carpentry support.

   After all, it is ancient times. There is no steel and no plastic. The only material that can be supplied in large quantities and is convenient for production is wood.

  For iron, Xu Yin only intends to use it to forge some core components, otherwise it will not cost money if there are mines at home.

  Wang Fu came forward, what can the sheriff of Baigui County say? What's more, it sounds like a good thing that benefits the people, just like the flat and hard concrete road, isn't it also proposed by the Wangfu?

   This is a good thing that benefits the people, the more the better.

  A county guard gave the green light all the way, and all the procedures were completed as quickly as possible. Within a few days, the carpentry workshop was built.

  During this period, Carpenter Cen went back to Furong County.

  In addition to picking up the two sons, he also shoulders the task of recruiting people.

   Fortunately, the treatment given by the palace was good. The money he had previously entrusted someone to bring home allowed the family to build a new house and let the grandson marry a wife. Everyone in the village with a radius of ten miles knew about it.

  As soon as he returned home, the people who came to inquire almost broke the threshold of Lao Cen's house, wanting to know where he made his fortune.

   As a result, when they heard that they were working in Nanman, some people retreated. Nanman is so poor, what good job can they have?

  But some people stayed behind and wanted to follow Carpenter Cen to Nanban to find work.

Carpenter Cen said the request: "The master asked me to recruit a group of carpenters back. I don't want to be good at carving, but at least I have to be able to make ordinary furniture and get started quickly. It's not about recruiting apprentices. If you meet the requirements, sign up. Let's go together Southern barbarians."

  According to what Carpenter Cen said, only three of the remaining people met the requirements.

So Carpenter Cen went to neighboring villages and towns to spread the word, but most of the people had the same idea: Nanman is so poor, how can there be a good job, don’t make money, but people are poisoned by miasma and have a short life Ghost, it's not worth it.

   Therefore, only seven people were recruited in three days, and they were all from poor families. Who would want to work in Nanban if they had something to look forward to?

   Just like that, Carpenter Cen returned to Baigui County with nine people including his two sons.

  He had a feeling in his heart that those people who don't want to come to Nanman today will definitely regret it in the future.

  In fact, there is no need to wait for the next day, the pedestrians who followed him, when they arrived in Baigui County, their eyes widened in surprise:

   "Why is the land here so flat? There is no dust, so clean!"

   "This is the prefecture of Baigui County? It's so different from what I imagined!"

   "We will work here in the future? Such a big yard, only a few of us live in it? And the mother-in-law will cook for us? Am I dreaming? This treatment is too good..."

   "Master Cen, what are we going to do in the future? Just pick wood? But why is there no shopkeeper?" A carpenter asked.

  Carpenter Cen shook his head: "For the time being, our workshop will not take on outside work, and will only do things for the Wangfu. The Wangfu has a lot of woodwork, even though we have a lot of people, the work in the Wangfu may take half a year."

  Carpenter Cen informed them of their salary before recruiting: 500 Wen per month, plus food and accommodation.

   This is much higher than the price in Furong County.

  At that time, he came to the palace with the butler just because he wanted a high salary. Not wanting to be reused by the princess, he completed the water wheel and the sugar block mold, and won several silver rewards one after another.

  But he didn’t tell his workers about the silver reward. If there is a follow-up, he would be happy, but if it disappears, wouldn’t it make them happy for nothing if he said it in advance?

  The others were already very happy that the five hundred Wen-months included food and lodging, not to mention that the food provided by the palace was much better than what they ate at home.

  Not to mention three meals a day, there is also a meat dish at noon, sometimes roasted pork belly, sometimes fried crispy meat, and sometimes distiller’s lees fish.

  The woman who cooks rice also cooks herbal tea for them every day under the order of the princess, and cooks a pot of mung bean soup every five days to relieve heat and get rid of obstacles. In short, it is much better than they imagined.

  Nanban is not as poor as they thought!

   No wonder Master Cen built a new house for his family and married his grandchildren after one year of his arrival. Could they do the same?

  After a few days, this group of people were so determined that they expressed their willingness to work for the palace for as long as ever.

  (end of this chapter)